Christmas ornaments, clicking pens and a palpable level of anxiety fill the library as finals week descends upon Concordia’s campus. Going to the library during finals week can be daunting. However, librarians, student workers and seasoned professionals have offered some advice about using the library during this challenging time. As all kinds of students file…
Students were frustrated, parents called in and Bruce Vieweg, chief information officer at Concordia, tried to keep it all under control. Registration for Spring 2013 became a mess when Banner, the program used for registration, became overloaded and students were locked out. Errors with the system occurred on both Thursday and Friday of registration week…
Textbooks for second semester will be ready for order from Concordia’s bookstore on Dec. 3 and a new option will be available for students. After running a beta test of 40 rental textbook titles during the fall semester, the bookstore hopes to increase the number of titles available to rent to somewhere between 150 to…
This year, under the Christmas tree, donations will be collected for the Gladys Ray Shelter of Fargo. At the Student Government Association forum meeting on Nov. 16, the shelter was announced as the recipient of this year’s donations. Donations will be collected under the Christmas tree, which will be located in the Knutson Campus Center…
Six years ago, Peter Schultz and his wife, Darcie, purchased a 160-acre piece of land. What was initially meant to be an investment soon became a full-fledged restoration project. They rolled the land into the Wetlands Reserve Program, and their parcel, named Longspur Prairie, now connects three different sections to help create a 2000-acre site…
This season marked women’s soccer’s fourth appearance in the round of 16 at the NCAA Division III Tournament. After coming out on top in the first two rounds, the Cobbers lost 2-1 to Washingtong University on Nov. 16. Senior forward Sarah Rounds said the experience was bittersweet as this is the team’s 6th appearance at…
If you were asked to define youth, what would you say? Members of the Fargo-Moorhead community were challenged to think about this, along with the potential of the community’s youth, at the TEDx Youth event on Nov. 18 at the Plains Art Museum. The event specifically targeted high school students in the community, emphasizing their…
You have likely watched a TED video before. From Bill Clinton to Malcolm Gladwell, speakers of incredibly diverse backgrounds have been invited to share their great ideas. These talks are tremendously popular, garnering hundreds of millions of views on the TED.com website. Just a few Sundays ago, Fargo hosted its own TED event. Themed the…
In a room filled with colorful balls of string and bright needles, students try to cast on or figure out where they may have dropped a stitch or two. During Amy Watkin’s inquiry class, “Beyond Genocide: Learning to Help and Hope,” these students were able to take a break from their normally heavy discussion topic…
It’s a major decision. According to Bruce Vieweg, 471 Concordia students have declared majors in multiple disciplines, and each year new students debate the advantages of declaring an additional major. Maddie Gray, a junior, has declared a joint major in political science and history as well as a communications major. She is also minoring in…